Translation of "invite tenders for bids " (English → French) :

(iii) that, in the absence of an invitation to tender a bid other than under a broad multiple bid, the complainant was capable of building the vessel concerned and, if the complainant knew, or should have known, of the proposed purchase, it made demonstrable efforts to conclude a sale with the buyer consistent with the bid specifications in question.

(b) the submission, in response to a call or request for bids or tenders, of bids or tenders that are arrived at by agreement or arrangement between or among two or more bidders or tenderers,

The third situation, possibly the most frequent, is that a government department invites tenders on a competitive basis but the potential supplier perceives an unfairness in the way his bid submitted was evaluated or perceives that a competing bid obtained the contract notwithstanding that it was not in compliance with the federal specification.

If we were in a system that would have us tender and bid for contractual arrangements to do the marketing, we would first of all be bidding competitively to get that business in relationship to the Wheat Board, and secondly, bidding with each other to bring the farmers' grain to our facility.

(Return tabled) Question No. 526 Ms. Joyce Murray: With respect to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games: (a) since fiscal year 2006-2007 and beyond, how much money has the federal government allocated to the games and what is the total amount; (b) to what entities has the federal government allocated funds and for what purpose; (c) in what amounts have those funds been distributed and on what dates; (d) how much money is being spent on the “Canada Pavilion” and to whom is its construction and preparation being contracted; (e) what are the requests for proposals that the government invited contractors to bid on; (f) who wa ...[+++]s invited to bid on government requests for proposals; (g) who submitted bids related to government requests for proposals; (h) who adjudicated the bids related to government requests for proposals and based on what criteria; (i) who successfully bid for government requests for proposals, for what amount were the contracts and what was the purpose of the contacts; (j) how much money has been allocated for promoting bilingualism and French translation, on what dates was it distributed and for what purposes; (k) what is the government’s plan to address the H1N1 influenza pandemic before and during the games; (l) how much money is being spent in regard to an H1N1 plan at the games; (m) what is the lead department or agency in charge of overseeing and executing a plan related to H1N1 influenza at the games; and (n) how much money has the government spent on including aboriginal communities in the games and for what initiatives?

I'm asking the auditor general whether he doesn't think that $500,000 as a limit for awarding contracts without a tender, tendering process, bid bond, or all of the trappings that go with that, is maybe not an invitation to at least shoddy management, if not corruption in the system.